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    The surname Krohn

    A surname, carried by 5,969 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K650

    Krohn: #5,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Krohn #5,796, 5,969 people Krohn: #5,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Krohn #5,796, 5,969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krohn is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,969 people named Krohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,725 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,880.

    #5,796
    rank among US surnames
    5,969
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,443)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,790Hubbell5,97751,656
    #5,791Izquierdo5,97451,682
    #5,794Costanzo5,97051,716
    #5,796Slate5,96951,725
    #5,799Truax5,96851,734

    Who is named Krohn

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Krohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Krohns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tracy Krohn
      American racing driver, born 1954

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krohn

    Krohn has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Krohn?
    5,969 people in the United States had the surname Krohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,725 Americans. It ranked 5,796th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krohn?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Krohn?
    Tracy Krohn, American racing driver.
    Where is the surname Krohn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Krohn in the United States.
    Is the surname Krohn getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,969 in 2010, up 1.5%.